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23 March 201237,000 sign petition to thank Starbucks for equal marriage support 19 More than 37,000 people have signed a petition to thank coffee giant Starbucks for its equal marriage support after marriage opponents called for an international boycott. -
23 March 2012Video: Stephen Schwartz’s It Gets Better anthem released 28 Written and performed by the 275 members, the piece was set to music by Stephen Schwartz and begins with an unflinching look at the desperation felt by many young people coming to terms with their sexuality but features the positive message that the experiences awaiting adults mean it gets 'more than better'. -
22 March 2012Dan Savage: If Rick Santorum wants to pray for me, I’ll gay for him 12 The creator of the It Gets Better campaign, Dan Savage, has hit back at the Republican candidate Rick Santorum after the later offered to "pray for" the gay rights hero in an interview. -
22 March 2012Equal marriage opponents call for Starbucks boycott 31 A US organisation opposed to marriage equality is calling on people around the world to boycott Starbucks over its support of equal marriage rights for gays. -
21 March 2012New Hampshire House votes to retain equal marriage for gay couples 68 An attempt to overturn New Hampshire’s legislation to allow equal marriage has failed by 133 votes against equal marriage to 202 to retain equality for gay and straight couples. -
21 March 2012Kirk Cameron: ‘Insensitive’ to focus on anti-gay ‘sound bite’ 44 Former child actor Kirk Cameron has stood by the comments he made about gays being "destructive to civilisation" on Piers Morgan's show earlier this month but said focusing on that comment does not reflect his "full heart" on the matter. -
20 March 2012125,000 sign Iraq veteran’s petition to keep New Hampshire’s equal marriage law 24 125,000 people across the US have called on New Hampshire's legislature to keep the state's equal marriage laws in a vote tomorrow, signing a petition started by marine who wants to be best man at his brother's wedding. -
20 March 2012Former US president Jimmy Carter backs ‘very fine’ equal marriages for gays 44 Former President Jimmy Carter has said gay people should be allowed to marry in civil ceremonies, as 'Jesus never said a word about homosexuality'. -
16 March 2012Tyler Clementi’s room-mate guilty on hate crime charges 56 A jury has found a New Jersey university student who watched Tyler Clementi kissing another man in their room days before he killed himself guilty of 15 charges. -
14 March 2012Blogger publishes Archbishops’ anti-marriage equality letter ‘how it should have been’ 13 A gay blogger in New York has rewritten the Archbishop of Westminster's letter to Catholics, which told them they had a "duty" to oppose equal civil marriage rights for gays, the way he believes it should have been. -
14 March 2012Gillian Anderson reveals gay relationship as a teenager 10 Gillian Anderson has said she had a gay relationship when she was a student but that it was not a life-altering experience because she knew she was still attracted to men. -
13 March 2012Former gay porn actor cleared to return to teaching 81 A former gay porn actor who was fired from his post as a substitute teacher in Florida when the school found out about his past has been cleared for reinstatement. -
13 March 2012God Hates Fags church protests Radiohead gig 30 The infamous Westboro Baptist Church picketed a Radiohead concert in Kansas City yesterday with trademark placards reading 'God Hates Fags' and others questioning the band's song-writing abilities. -
12 March 2012Poll: Australia leads Britain and US in support for equal marriage 23 Australia is leading Britain and the US in its support for the implementation of equal gay marriage rights, a poll released today suggests. -
9 March 2012Pope: Straight marriage must be ‘defended from misrepresentation’ 116 Pope Benedict XVI has told an audience of bishops in the US marriage between men and women must be 'promoted and defended'. -
9 March 2012Catholic Diocese drops homeless funding over director’s gay marriage views 56 A Catholic Diocese in California has dropped the funding it gives a homelessness charity citing the new director's views on abortion and equal marriage rights for gays. -
8 March 2012Utah senate votes to stop discussion of homosexuality in schools 33 Utah's state legislature has passed a bill this week making sex education lessons optional and prohibiting the discussion of homosexuality or instructions on how to use contraception. -
7 March 2012Kirk Cameron says he was ‘slandered’ over ‘unnatural gays’ comment 52 Former child actor Kirk Cameron has responded to fierce criticism of his comments about gays at the weekend denying they were 'not loving', and claiming he has been 'slandered' and unfairly accused of hate speech. -
6 March 2012Video: Michele Bachmann calls Piers Morgan ‘rude’ during gay debate 28 Michele Bachmann, unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, dubbed Piers Morgan 'rude' after he called her statements about gays 'judgemental'. -
5 March 2012Video: Kirk Cameron calls gays ‘destructive to civilisation’ 146 Former child star Kirk Cameron has been lambasted for his comments labelling homosexuality and gay marriage 'destructive', 'unnatural' and 'detrimental'.
